AI news for Friday, November 6, 2026

OpenAI reportedly raises an additional $11 billion at a $1.25 trillion valuation

OpenAI has reportedly raised an additional $11 billion as part of a funding…

Reported by TechCrunch · 2 min read

How to predict the behavior of molecules from scant data

A machine-learning approach called CheMeleon provides a practical way to develop new drugs or other…

Reported by MIT News · 2 min read

Hundreds of Artex AI hacking tools found publicly exposed to the web

Security researchers found hundreds of servers hosting the penetration testing tool Artex exposed…

Reported by TechCrunch · 2 min read

Meta introduces Spaces, a new way to collaborate with your Muse agent

Meta's Muse agents continue to get new features and integrations. Spaces promises to…

Reported by TechCrunch · 2 min read

How a Blue Wave midterm might reshape the AI industry

Democrats’ historic victories in this week’s U.S. midterm elections could also transform the tech industry.…

Reported by TechCrunch · 2 min read

After the midterms, is the AI industry in for a rough two years?

Democrats’ historic victories in this week’s U.S. midterm elections could also transform…

Reported by TechCrunch · 2 min read

How NVIDIA Open Source Tools Are Helping Researchers Build Next-Generation 6G Networks

A year ago, NVIDIA open sourced its Aerial wireless software, joining Sionna and…

Reported by NVIDIA · 2 min read

Ramp data shows AI spending stalling just as Anthropic nears its IPO

AI usage keeps climbing, but spending has stalled. Price cuts and smarter cost…

Reported by TechCrunch · 2 min read

After blocking Muse, Amazon now lets users text Alexa to help them shop

Amazon said that the feature will roll out to millions of users…

Reported by TechCrunch · 2 min read

ToyBlocks: A controlled world for robot learning and evaluation

Reported by Hugging Face · 2 min read

Underdog shows off a 32MB speech model in new demo

Despite its small size, Underdog's new model can generate both speech and music.

Reported by TechCrunch · 2 min read

Physicl raises $10M to make the digital world real enough for robots

Physicl is trying to solve the sim-to-real gap with a pipeline originally built…

Reported by TechCrunch · 2 min read

Partnering with Hacktron to find vulnerabilities in OpenAI’s systems

OpenAI is partnering with Hacktron to find vulnerabilities, test connections with third-party services, and strengthen defenses…

Reported by OpenAI

Palo Alto Networks in talks to buy AI agent security startup Clutch for $500M

Clutch, backed by Lightspeed and SignalFire, was last valued at $85…

Reported by TechCrunch · 2 min read

Measuring how AI agents handle everyday wet-lab science

OpenAI introduces BioBasicsBench, a 100-task benchmark measuring how well AI agents interpret raw experimental data and handle…

Reported by OpenAI

Egyptian and Nigerian English join the Open ASR Leaderboard

Reported by Hugging Face · 2 min read